A Greeley man who stole more than $100,000 worth of military equipment from his Army National Guard unit has pleaded guilty to federal charges.

Matthew Marre was indicted in November on a charge of theft of government property. He pleaded guilty to that charge last week. His plea deal (PDF) calls for him to pay back more than $60,000 to the Department of Defense. He will likely be sentenced to between a year and a year-and-a-half in prison, though the final decision rests with the judge.

According to the plea agreement, Marre, an Amry National Guard member, stole $116,883 worth of equipment from a secured storage area of the Army National Guard, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group base in Watkins. Items taken include numerous weapons sights and scopes, a “video telecom system,” weapons lights and grips and four thermal-imaging viewers valued at more than $10,000 each.

The plea agreement says Marre took the items “for his own use,” but later suggests that he was selling the equipment. Investigators were able to recover about $45,000 worth of items.

“The defendant cooperated with law enforcement regarding the further investigation of individuals who were buying the stolen government property,” the plea document states.

Marre is scheduled to be sentenced on August 17. The case is before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Blackburn.